Jay-Z has admitted that he was surprised after former Roc-A-Fella artist Beanie Sigel launched a tirade against him.

Sigel criticised the Roc Nation boss on his recent track 'What You Talkin' Bout', which used the beat to Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 intro.

The song appears to complain about financial mismanagement at the label and claims that Jay-Z did not promote Sigel's music properly.

Responding to the criticism, RWD quotes Jay-Z as saying: "This is rap music and it's competitive by nature, nothing really surprises me anymore but I'll honestly say, that was one that was like a shocker.

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"When you from a certain place, cut from a certain cloth, there's certain things that's just off limits. When you cross that line, we put you in a different box. That one was a little surprising.

"The competitive nature of rap music dictates that's how it goes more times than it's not... I think everybody run outta ideas, it's all just marketing at this point. I don't even think it's competition anymore..."